Half of secondary schools in sub-Saharan Africa do not have power

Estonians are nearly six times as likely to die from drug overdoses as their European counterparts

Why Estonia’s death toll is so much higher than the rest of Europe’s is unclear. Its opioid-prescription rate is among the lowest in the OECD

Since 2013 the number of Africans without electricity has only fallen from 610m to 595m. Progress has been painfully slow

Britain is set to go to the polls for the third time in less than five years on December 12th. Who is ahead?

Africa is home to almost a fifth of the world’s population, but accounts for less than 4% of global electricity use

In general, safe assets have been sold in favour of cyclical ones

Yields have recovered in recent weeks. This is not the only sign that investor sentiment has improved

Investors have begun to embrace assets at the riskier end of the spectrum